A Kano State High Court on Tuesday, sentenced a man, Aminu Inuwa, to death by hanging for killing his wife Safara’u Mamman. Inuwa, whose age was not provided by the court, lives at Gwazaye Quarters Dorayi Babba Kano. Justice Usman Na’abba held that the prosecution has proven its case...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a bid to revamp educational sector in Borno State, Governor Babagana Zulum, has said the state government would establish a monitoring and evaluation committees for all public schools in Borno North, Central and South Senatorial District of the state. Governor Zulum stated this...
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has assured the international community of Nigeria’s preparedness and determination to go after the assets of drug barons. This he said also included illegal drug and substances traffickers in any part of the country. Marwa gave the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Organized labour in Cross River State on Tuesday commenced its industrial action as economic activities in the Calabar, the state’s capital was grounded. Courts, ministries, departments and agencies in Cross River State are under lock and key as members of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Chapter of the People’s Democratic party (PDP) on Tuesday appointed the former Secretary of Akamkpa Local Government Area, Hon. Tony Effiong as the Chief of Staff to the state chairman. In a statement signed by Mike Ojisi, the party’s Publicity Secretary,...
Winner of the 2021 Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, reality TV show, WhiteMoney, has been hospitalized. WhiteMoney was hospitalized on Tuesday morning. Although the cause of his illness was not revealed, he was sighted on drips. Alongside an Instagram video of the 29-year old receiving treatment was a caption that...
Dubai ports giant DP World and Britain’s development finance agency CDC Group on Tuesday said they planned to jointly invest up to $1.72 billion in logistics infrastructure in Africa over the next several years, starting with modernising three ports. The investments will initially focus on expanding ports operated by...
A Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) officer, Nkechinyere Adesegun, told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that her colleague, Ngozi Oboh, allegedly defrauded nine job seekers of N2.7 million. Adesegun was led in evidence by the Prosecution Counsel, Suleiman Abdulkareem. The defendant is being prosecuted by the...
China on Tuesday pledged to inject $233 million into a new fund to protect biodiversity in developing countries during a key UN conservation summit, despite disagreements among major donors on the initiative. Beijing — the world’s biggest polluter — has sought to play a more prominent role internationally on...
President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced a plan worth 30 billion euros ($35 billion) to re-industrialise France, saying the country should reclaim its crown as a global leader in innovation. Speaking at the Elysee Palace six months before a presidential election and one month ahead of a UN climate...
22-year-old Chidinma Ojukwu and one Adedapo Quadri, who are the key suspects in the alleged murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, have been arraigned before a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square. Before Justice Yetunde Adesanya, they both pleaded not guilty to...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will on Tuesday hand down its judgment in a case filed by Somalia against Kenya over contested parts of the Indian Ocean believed to be rich in oil and gas. The ruling comes after Nairobi last week said it had revoked recognition of...
Three migrants have died in southwest France after being hit by a train while they were lying on the tracks, a police spokeswoman said on Tuesday. She said four migrants had been on the train tracks near Saint-Jean-de-Luz at around 5 am CET when they were hit by a...
Cross River Commissioner for Health, Dr Betta Edu, has said that malaria remains the highest cause of under aged children and maternal mortality in Nigeria. Dr. Edu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Calabar, while reacting to the World Health...
Deontay Wilder has no plans to retire, the American boxer’s trainer, Malik Scott said, after he was knocked out by Tyson Fury in their WBC heavyweight world championship fight on Saturday. Fury (31-0-1) weathered the early storm to outbox Wilder and landed the decisive blow in the 11th round...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called for global cooperation to reverse biodiversity loss that is threatening human civilization. “The destruction of biodiversity results in a polluted environment, as well as scarcity of food and water. This situation causes conflicts and forces people to migrate,” Erdogan said in...
China has more than 6.67 million hectares of bamboo forests with an annual output value of nearly 320 billion yuan (about 49.6 billion U.S. dollars), according to an official. Huang Zhengqiu, an officer with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, at a news conference of the 11th China Bamboo...
Low-income countries’ debt rose by 12 per cent to 860 billion dollars in 2020, the International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2022 report of the World Bank has said.. The report was released on Monday at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings in Washington. The report said that governments...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A federal lawmaker representing Marte, Monguno and Nganzai Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon Mohammed Tahir Monguno, in collaboration with Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) have trained no fewer than 150 traditional rulers on conflict management. At a similar exercise, 380 Internally Displaced Persons...
Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has said the late legendary musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti used his voice to push for needed reforms in the country. Falana stated this on Monday during the Fela Debates symposium themed ‘The National Question: Evolution or Devolution?’ held in Alausa, Ikeja. He...